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Teacher of Music

Teacher of Music

St Bede's School

Surrey

Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2020
Apply by:
23 January 2020

Job overview

Music department at St Bede’s

Our vacancy is for a Teacher of Music to join us in September 2020.

St Bede’s has a vibrant, thriving and extremely successful music department and is in the privileged position of being able to work with some highly talented musicians. The school was designated a music specialist school from September 2008 which brought many opportunities for the students, including community outreach. Even though the concept has ended, the department still regularly works closely with its partner primary and secondary schools and is a member of the Surrey Music Hub. In 2011 the department had an Ofsted subject inspection and was graded outstanding.

Pupils’ participation in music throughout all key stages is strong and the school places an extremely important emphasis on music in the curriculum and in the wider life of the school.  Students are encouraged to participate in all kinds of music at all levels and examination results are excellent. Both formal and informal concerts are a regular feature of school life.

The Music Department is a strong team and currently consists of 4 members of staff.  It is situated in a purpose built performing arts block, which was opened at the end of 2004 and recently added to in 2019. The facilities are fabulous, comprising three fully equipped teaching rooms plus a large rehearsal room. The department is extremely well resourced with a wide variety of electronic and acoustic instruments.  The three classrooms are fully equipped with keyboards, sound systems, projectors, interactive whiteboards and computers (2 rooms with Macs running Logic and Garageband), as well as a full range of tuned and un-tuned percussion instruments including drum kit. There are 12 practice rooms equipped with upright pianos and a Steinway grand, with the one  practice room being a recording studio. The main school hall has been fully refurbished to a high standard and contains a lovely Blüthner grand piano.

In both Year 7 and Year 8, Music is taught twice per fortnight to mixed-ability tutor groups of 30 students. In Y9 students opt for two arts subjects from Art, Drama and Music and students receive 3 hours per fortnight: we currently have six classes of Y9 students.

In Year 8 students take part in an ‘elective’ programme where they can opt for extra lessons in a subject area in the form of a half termly project; currently the department offers a very popular elective in Music technology. 

In Key Stage 4 there are 38 pupils studying GCSE Music in Year 10 and 28 students studying the course in Year 11. At KS5, music is a popular A level option. The Edexcel specification is followed at both KS4 and 5 and a high proportion of KS5 music students go on to study music at a university or college. 

Performances are a regular occurrence at the school. The main concerts fall in the Spring and Summer terms and are always sold out. Other events include the carol service, GCSE concerts, recital evenings, assemblies both at school and at our partner schools, Primary school workshops, performances within the local community and further afield.

 Extra curricular music making is very strong: The groups currently on offer are Senior Orchestra, Wind band, String Orchestra, ‘Slide’ (senior jazz band), ‘415 Jazz’ (junior jazz band), Lower school band, Junior Choir, Senior Choir, 'Man Up' (Y7 - Y10 all male singing ensemble) and other informal groups. Students are also encouraged to form their own ensembles. These are all run by the music department teaching staff and mean we have excellent relationships with our students.

 The whole of year 7 takes part in a ‘Last Choir Standing’ competition, which has been an immense amount of fun over the years. Groups have performed regularly both in and outside of school including a popular tour to Derbyshire for the Senior Jazz Band 'Slide'.

 Surrey Arts provides music instrumental lessons for a significant number of pupils on a wide range of instruments.  These take place throughout the school day as well as after school. The school is also a centre for instrumental teaching for the area and welcomes students from other schools in the area for instrumental lessons after school and on Saturdays.

Why work for us?

St Bede's is a good place to work.  Staff are friendly and supportive of one another: relationships between staff and pupils were recognised by Ofsted as 'exceptionally strong'. 

NQTs benefit from a well developed and comprehensive induction period programme.  More experienced teachers are given the opportunity to participate in training which will help them to develop skills needed for middle and senior management roles.

There are good on-site catering facilities. Staff are able to use the fitness facilities free of charge and to participate in sports activities.  

Music is a big part of school life and staff are welcome to join our senior choir and instrumental groups.  

We have a social event at the end of each term as well as occasional staff trips to the theatre.

The school is situated in Redhill, a commuter belt town in the Surrey Fringe area.  We are close to the M25 and there are good transport links to London and the South Coast from Redhill station which is about 15 minutes walk from the school.  We also benefit from being within walking distance of beautiful countryside . Many staff live locally, others commute from Guildford, South London, Kent and East & West Sussex.

We welcome visits prior to application (but appreciate that it is not possible for everyone to do so).  If you would like to arrange a visit please email jobs@st-bedes.surrey.sch.uk.


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Welcome to the recruitment web site for St Bede's School where you will find details of current vacancies for both Teaching and Support Staff.

Please return to the site at another time if you do not find any suitable vacancies today. We update this page regularly, and may have something of interest to you soon.

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We offer initial Teacher Training through the i2i Partnership, an alliance of Surrey and Hampshire secondary  schools.  The partnership's prime focus is school-based teacher training through our SCITT, Teach@Weydon and School Direct programmes. We provide those entering the profession with world class training and all programmes lead to QTS and offer PGCE.  For further information about local training or to register interest please visit i2i Partnership.

In March 2023 Ofsted carried out an inspection of St Bede’s and judged the school outstanding.

St Bede’s is a good place to work. The community is vibrant, focused on learning and caring for our students. Staff relationships are very strong, supportive and welcoming.  Our students like the school and behaviour is outstanding. We have approximately 1900 mixed ability students aged 11-18.  This includes over 300 studying academic courses in the sixth form. Our GCSE exam results make us one of the highest performing non-selective state schools in the country reflecting the very effective three way partnership we enjoy; hardworking pupils, committed staff and supportive parents.

We welcome applications from ECTs and more experienced teachers. Whatever your level of experience, and regardless of whether you are a teacher or member of support staff, this is a school where you will have opportunity to develop.  Teachers in their ECT years benefit from an excellent level of support through mentoring and a full ECT programme.

St Bede’s is unique.  This is the only state-funded school where Anglicans, Roman Catholic and the Free Churches are bound together in a formal partnership to provide a common Christian education, which values the distinctive contribution of each tradition.  St Bede’s is a charitable trust jointly held by the Anglican Diocese of Southwark and the RC Diocese of Arundel and Brighton.  Staff can be of any religion, or none at all, but must be able to support the ethos of the school.

Our facilities are very good; staff have free access to fitness facilities and there is very good on-site catering.  Teaching and support staff have opportunities to be involved in a very wide range of activities and visits.  We are situated in Redhill Surrey with good transport links to both London and the south coast.  We are very close to beautiful countryside.  This area offers the best of all worlds!

Our school is committed to the safeguarding of children so all appointments are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check. Only applications made on our School Application form will be considered; we do not accept CVs or unsolicited testimonials.  It is our policy always to request references prior to interview.

If you wish to speak to someone about employment at St Bede’s School please ring our People Team on 01737 214 048. Email enquiries should be sent to peopleteam@st-bedes.surrey.sch.uk.

Our staff prospectus provides more information about working at St Bede's.

Please note that due to the very high introductory fees charged by agencies,  we will only consider CVs submitted via them if insufficient high calibre applications are received.  Please do not rely on an agency to put you forward for a post at St Bede's to which you are attracted.

We look forward to hearing from you.

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